rank the cobalt

[matt11583]

hey, from wat they have said about the colbalt is sounds like it is gonna b a nice car. how would u rank it against some other cars (ie. civic, teg, rsx, eclipse, celica ect....) and wat type of performance parts do u thnk they will come out for it???

[LandoAWD]

Well, the ECOTEC is a good motor, and 200ish horsepower is nothing to sneeze at, but all we can do is speculate on the reality of what will or won't happen right now.

Have you tried the Chevy forums?

[matt11583]

i tried chevy forums.. cavs hate it cause its replacing em.. camaros say its a 4 banger n they all like 8s... n noon is in the cobalt forum yet so im tryin this one to see wat ppl thnk about hte engine n stuff..

[PWRDbyUNCLEbens]

Car Comparison forum.

I don't like the cobalt i think it's ugly, and not that superchargers aren't cool ,but turbo's are more interesting to me in 4 cylinders. It's good that chevy has a high hp 4 cylinder though.

[TatII]

i like the cobalt alot more then the Cav's. it looks fantastic esp with its rear tail lights. also if that engine is anything like the Saturn Ion redlines. then its underrated. that car making 200 at the wheels. not crank. so its basically a 230ish hp car. also it has a shorter wheel base then the ion since its a coupe so it should be more nimble. the only problem is that the redline is very low and if you look at the power curve it doesn't stop building power. by redline the power is still climbing. if they would make the engine rev higher it would make even more power. that car can handly take out the RSX type S. however it still lags behind the SRT-4. but very very nice domestic 4 banger non the less.

[kman10587]

I agree, the Cobalt SS is looking very nice. I'd probably even take it over the SRT-4; the interior seems a lot nicer and it's got more useful features (the SRT-4 doesn't even have power back windows).

[93rollaracer]

i'd take an SRT-4 over a cobalt, but i really like the cobalt. looked pretty nice on the site and i'm definitely liking the sound of that supercharger. i'll probably take one for a joy...ahem...TESTdrive and see what it can do.

[Ptownbigredd]

I like what they are doing with it performance wise. I hate the way it looks though. Come on guys give it some styling, In the commercial with the vett it looks silly.

[tha_new_guy]

That's because it's next to the Vette.

[-Jayson-]

naw cavy guys like the cobalt, most people who own a cavy will switch to the cobalt once they decide to get a new car. But i would only buy the cobalt if they made one with the 2.2 Ecotec engine, it makes 170HP NA. Throw a turbo on it, and you can get almost 300HP. Dont belive me? Check out this link
http://www.turnkeyenginesupply.com/22290.html

[gotti123]

ewww the new cobalt is ugly...it sits as high as a cavalier...they should of made it a little more "sports car" like

[-Josh-]

Ok...just visited the chevy website to get a look at this car; I really like it, i think they did a hell of a job with this one.

[matt11583]

-jayson- how mcuh would it cost to turbocharge the 2.2 engine?? n does anyone kno y they made the s/c on a 2.0 not the 2.2???

[koeb$]

sine the cobalt isnt out yet, go drive a saturn redline, its the same motor drivetrain etc...205hp is not too bad in the small fairly light car..still not as fast as the srt-4 but its a quick car for cheap

[-Jayson-]

to turbo charge? idk, i hahna racing makes a turbo for the 2.2 engine, its a kit and prolly runs 2k-3k dollars. Gm is releasing a supercharger for the 2.2 ecotec cavalier and sunfire sometime next year, that will run about 2500.